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Bush Twins Carded, Beer Confiscated
NewsMax.com ^ | July 30, 2002 | Carl Limbacher and staff

Posted on 07/30/2002 10:06:51 AM PDT by gubamyster

Tuesday July 30, 2002; 11:09 a.m. EDT

First twins Barbara and Jenna Bush apparently learned little from their scrape last year with Texas lawmen, who were called by the Bush-hating manager at an Austin Tex Mex restaurant who spotted the underage duo ordering Margaritas with fake ID.

They've been luckier this summer but not a whole lot more careful, according to a source at one Arlington, Va., pub not far from the White House.

The bar, Iota's, was carding very thoroughly one recent Thursday night, so the presidential twins' "fake IDs must be sweet," the source tells the magazine Washingtonian Online.

"When a bartender recognized the twins, he took their beers away," the e-zine reports. "But the twins still stuck around."

The Bush girls, who turn legal later this year, reportedly visited the bar with "a pack of pals" to see a folk band called Brown Couch, whose guitarist attends Yale with Barbara.


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KEYWORDS: barbarabush; bushdaughters; jennabush
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To: severely broken clock
I see you signed up today.
141 posted on 07/30/2002 12:13:51 PM PDT by AppyPappy
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People who are hammering George W. Bush for passing "tough legislation" need to get it right. It was more of the same sort of "Federal" legislation that the Feds did not have the jurisdiction over:

from Salon (hardly a bastion of Bush support):

As governor, Bush signed "zero tolerance" into law in June of 1997, six months before his daughter's alleged first brush with the TABC, and the law went into force in September of that year. Under the provision, a third underage alcohol offense carries a possible 180-day jail sentence and a fine of between $250 and $2,000. For a second offense, there's a fine of up to $500, 20 to 40 hours of community service and a 60-day driver's license suspension, while first-time offenders faced the same fine, with eight to 12 hours of community service, a 30-day driver's license suspension and an alcohol education course. Before "zero tolerance," an underage drinker faced a $25 to $200 fine for any and all offenses, and that was it.

The state had a financial incentive to adopt the newer, tougher laws in 1997. Federal authorities were threatening to withhold $77 million in highway funds for the state unless Texas developed a stricter code for underage drunken drivers. Before zero tolerance, an under-21 driver could have up to a .07 blood alcohol level before being cited for a violation of law. That was tougher than the .10 level required for an adult to be charged, but it still let younger drivers get away with ignoring the state's legal drinking age of 21.


142 posted on 07/30/2002 12:15:45 PM PDT by weegee
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To: AppyPappy
Well (s)he hasn't been suspended yet.
Maybe it's better to be new than old?
143 posted on 07/30/2002 12:17:25 PM PDT by michigander
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To: michigander
I spoke too soon.
144 posted on 07/30/2002 12:18:20 PM PDT by michigander
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To: nothingnew
No kidding!...(except "Jocko Sullivans" on Chapel Street...now I'm really dating myself)

You remember Jocko's? Did you know that whole area is not seedy anymore?

145 posted on 07/30/2002 12:18:42 PM PDT by grania
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To: nicks bad seed
"He seemed to care plenty about other people's underage children drinking when he was the governor of Texas. It was pretty much three offenses and go to jail."

He had the law changed to that effect did he? Or was that just what the law happened to be?

146 posted on 07/30/2002 12:19:11 PM PDT by On the Road to Serfdom
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To: On the Road to Serfdom
It was changed for him.
147 posted on 07/30/2002 12:20:36 PM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: Miss Marple
Is it just me or does it seem like Limbacher is gunning for the Bushes. I mean two crackpot stories about the Bushes and booze in one day. This is getting to be a bit much.

J

149 posted on 07/30/2002 12:26:10 PM PDT by J. L. Chamberlain
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To: grania
You remember Jocko's? Did you know that whole area is not seedy anymore?

Yeah, I rememblrs jockos'..had many fine timers there, and I left before the area became seedy...ablout 1969...BWAHAHAHAHA!!!( sorry, I've had a flew beers already today)

Do you remember "Hungry Charlies" before it became "Toads Place"?

FMCDH

150 posted on 07/30/2002 12:27:45 PM PDT by nothingnew
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To: Miss Marple
And I don't care about what Chelsea does as long as it doesn't cost the taxpayer money

If there's any possible way to stick taxpayers with the bill for anything Chelsea does, i'm sure the Clintons will, and have done it.

and as long as she isn't interjecting her political opinions into the news

She hasn't since 9/11, but when she opens her yap, it's pure lib BS. She's being "groomed" for a future higher office.

151 posted on 07/30/2002 12:27:51 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: michigander
hard to believe registered gets suspended for several days,hey AM take a chill pill.
152 posted on 07/30/2002 12:28:09 PM PDT by vin-one
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To: nicks bad seed
Monica seriously thought that "the big creep" was going to leave his wife for her. He had power and prestige and made sure that she knew about it. Why else be serviced by your mistress while you are deploying troops overseas on the phone?

Dirty old man playing with a young mind full of mush. NOW seemed mighty outraged about business men who used to hire bimbo secretaries to consensually grope. I guess the detail that Monica was unpaid made it okay?

153 posted on 07/30/2002 12:29:56 PM PDT by weegee
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To: Aquinasfan
You can't just write off this kind of foolishness to "being a kid." They know that the whole world's watching and they don't care enough about their mother and father to behave. They're just plain selfish. The question is why? I suspect that it has something to do with the way they were raised by their mother. Laura identifies herself as "pro-choice" which renders her judgement in general to be suspect.

A comment like this non-sequitur makes your judgement suspect.

154 posted on 07/30/2002 12:30:24 PM PDT by CharlieDarwin
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To: Sir Gawain
***Your graphics don't seem to be welcomed here anymore. That's a shame. Some people can't take a joke. ***

You DO like to stir the pot, don't you?
155 posted on 07/30/2002 12:30:31 PM PDT by justshe
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To: nicks bad seed
He was the President and she was a young employee. In the corporate world, they call that "harassment".
156 posted on 07/30/2002 12:30:39 PM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: vin-one
It'll give him more time to work on some photo retouching.

He'll be back and better than ever...

157 posted on 07/30/2002 12:32:02 PM PDT by weegee
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To: gubamyster
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
158 posted on 07/30/2002 12:32:23 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: justshe
I'm just making a valid statement. Too many thin-skinned people around here.
159 posted on 07/30/2002 12:32:30 PM PDT by Sir Gawain
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To: 1Old Pro
Congratulations on your Four Year Anniversary At FR
160 posted on 07/30/2002 12:35:20 PM PDT by Kaslin
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